Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kuma
Hiroshi Kuma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10787972Abstract: When there is a restart request to an engine, an electronic control unit controls a wastegate valve to a fully open position on condition that a speed of a vehicle is less than a threshold. When the vehicle speed is not less than the threshold, the electronic control unit restarts the engine and controls the wastegate valve in the closing direction until a desired torque is generated.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Igarashi, Takato Hatano, Hiroshi Kuma
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Publication number: 20200088114Abstract: When there is a restart request to an engine, an electronic control unit controls a wastegate valve to a fully open position on condition that a speed of a vehicle is less than a threshold. When the vehicle speed is not less than the threshold, the electronic control unit restarts the engine and controls the wastegate valve in the closing direction until a desired torque is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki IGARASHI, Takato HATANO, Hiroshi KUMA
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Patent number: 10006332Abstract: An engine system includes a turbocharger (16), an exhaust gas control apparatus (81), a fuel addition device (82), a heating unit, and an ECU. The turbocharger includes a variable nozzle mechanism (34). The exhaust gas control apparatus is disposed on an exhaust downstream side of the exhaust turbine in an exhaust passage. The fuel addition device is configured to add a fuel to the exhaust gas of the engine to recover the function of the exhaust gas control apparatus on a further exhaust upstream side than the exhaust turbine. The heating unit is configured to heat the link chamber (52). The ECU is configured to execute heating control for controlling the initiation and the stopping of heating by the heating unit and execute the heating control in a period overlapping with at least part of a period when the addition of the fuel by the fuel addition device is executed.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Kuma
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Publication number: 20170145891Abstract: An engine system includes a turbocharger (16), an exhaust gas control apparatus (81), a fuel addition device (82), a heating unit, and an ECU. The turbocharger includes a variable nozzle mechanism (34). The exhaust gas control apparatus is disposed on an exhaust downstream side of the exhaust turbine in an exhaust passage. The fuel addition device is configured to add a fuel to the exhaust gas of the engine to recover the function of the exhaust gas control apparatus on a further exhaust upstream side than the exhaust turbine. The heating unit is configured to heat the link chamber (52). The ECU is configured to execute heating control for controlling the initiation and the stopping of heating by the heating unit and execute the heating control in a period overlapping with at least part of a period when the addition of the fuel by the fuel addition device is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi KUMA
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Patent number: 7896618Abstract: In a centrifugal compressing apparatus, a height of a blade of an impeller is made to decrease gradually from a front edge thereof to a rear edge thereof, and a rate of change of the height of the blade is relatively large near the rear edge. The height of the blade can be made large at the rear edge side under the design restriction that an exit width of the rear edge of the blade is set to a predetermined design value. The ratio of the width of the clearance and the height of the blade is thereby made relatively large. As a result, the ratio of a flow path area occupied by a clearance flow to a flow path area occupied by a main flow is reduced. Since the pressure loss is thus made small, a drop in the efficiency can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Ryoma Nogami
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Publication number: 20090092486Abstract: In a centrifugal compressing apparatus, a height of a blade of an impeller is made to decrease gradually from a front edge thereof to a rear edge thereof, and a rate of change of the height of the blade is relatively large near the rear edge. The height of the blade can be made large at the rear edge side under the design restriction that an exit width of the rear edge of the blade is set to a predetermined design value. The ratio of the width of the clearance and the height of the blade is thereby made relatively large. As a result, the ratio of a flow path area occupied by a clearance flow to a flow path area occupied by a main flow is reduced. Since the pressure loss is thus made small, a drop in the efficiency can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Hirotaka HIGASHIMORI, Hiroshi Kuma, Ryoma Nogami
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Patent number: 7476081Abstract: In a centrifugal compressing apparatus, a height of a blade of an impeller is made to decrease gradually from a front edge thereof to a rear edge thereof, and a rate of change of the height of the blade is relatively large near the rear edge. The height of the blade can be made large at the rear edge side under the design restriction that an exit width of the rear edge of the blade is set to a predetermined design value. The ratio of the width of the clearance and the height of the blade is thereby made relatively large. As a result, the ratio of a flow path area occupied by a clearance flow to a flow path area occupied by a main flow is reduced. Since the pressure loss is thus made small, a drop in the efficiency can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Ryoma Nogami
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Publication number: 20070134086Abstract: An object is to improve the efficiency of a compressor by preventing localized concentration of a boundary layer occurring on the surface of a hub, and by inducing a reduction in the thickness of the boundary layer. There is a compressor impeller having a plurality of blades, and a hub disposed at the root of this plurality of blades, and in which at least part of the surface of the hub on which a fluid flows is inclined in relation to an axis of rotation, wherein a boundary layer reduction part which induces a reduction in the thickness of a boundary layer occurring due to a flow of fluid is provided on the surface of the hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2004Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSRIES LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Kunio Sumida, Toru Suita
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Publication number: 20070077147Abstract: In a centrifugal compressing apparatus, a height of a blade of an impeller is made to decrease gradually from a front edge thereof to a rear edge thereof, and a rate of change of the height of the blade is relatively large near the rear edge. The height of the blade can be made large at the rear edge side under the design restriction that an exit width of the rear edge of the blade is set to a predetermined design value. The ratio of the width of the clearance and the height of the blade is thereby made relatively large. As a result, the ratio of a flow path area occupied by a clearance flow to a flow path area occupied by a main flow is reduced and since pressure loss is thus made small, drop in the efficiency can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2005Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Ryoma Nogami
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Publication number: 20050254954Abstract: An object is to provide an impeller which can suppress or prevent reversed flow of a fluid within a diffuser and raise the efficiency of a mixed flow compressor. In an impeller of a mixed flow compressor that has a plurality of blades, and a hub disposed at the root of this plurality of blades, and in which the surface of the hub on which trailing edges of the plurality of blades are located, is inclined with respect to a rotation axis in a plane that includes the rotation axis, the trailing edges of the plurality of blades are formed so that they are positioned on a line approximately parallel to an axis of rotation of the hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2005Publication date: November 17, 2005Inventors: Hirotaka Higashimori, Hiroshi Kuma, Kunio Sumida, Toru Suita